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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13

DRLLER is receiving new supply
of carpets and oil-cloths direct from
the eastern manufacturers, which
he is Offering at lower prices than
they have been offered at before.
and among which are some of the
latest style patterns.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13

,,r the accommodation OF those
she'd .'.t l'i iu any way, those whe nav. nave
3 10 ,,eamahIe property, and tor those
igdIio ...' m exchange. Limit, twenty
ID l' eir.t Insertion FREE, ana for eAeh
r>. liter fSeuty-tive cents.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13

lr is noted as one of the odd Incl.
dents of the bench show that a
Darlington, Wis, preacher paid S75
for an Irish setter 1t is not so
singular that a preacher should up
preciate good dog when he sees it,
as that he should have the surplus
S55 needtul for lis purchase. me
average dominic is SO "wide open"
70 every call Of charity that by the
time he gets around to the dog
show he rarely has SO much money
left Nllleaukee IYisconsin.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13

FOLLOWING are preamble and res
olution adopted 10y the N. E. church
official board, ON the 9TH inst, on
the departure from our midst of Rev.
a. NJ Pitcher and wife:
WHEREAS, Brother Pitcher ia about 10 leave
us 70 labor in another part of the LORDS vine
yard and the relations of paster and people
which have SO pleasantly united MS during the
past year are about to bo severed; therefore
bc il
Rsso'rsa, That we regard Bro. Pitcher as nm
efficient, faithful serveut in the Masters cause,
a workman that needeth not to- he ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth; TINT we re-
gret the severing OF those ties which have dur
ing the past year bound us together in the
oouds of personal Christian fellowship. and
that our love aud best wishes go with him and
Sister Pitcher hoping that they may hud warm
hearts and willing hands Co welcome aud su,-
tain them in their new neld of labor.
WM. H. CURRY, steward and Trustee
ktCup oDGEi'S, Glass Leader.
EnW CuRNow, steward
IpHN EpEN. Recording steward nul Vrustae
tHAs. bLEwETr, Trustee.
jOHN JACKSON, steward
}. u. REYNOLDS, Financial Steward
L0HN iiENNErr, Local Deacon and lass Loader.
W H. ARSON, Class Leader aud Asst T.. Oh IS. S
A. BHRd, steward
IoHN KNIGHT, Steward and Trustee.
FuLip tnEN, steward
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-13

LAST Sunday a son of Mrs. John
Daniels, living in the town of
Willow Springs, while gathering
waluuts from a tree thirty feet high
fell 10 the ground breaking a leg
and arm, and extracting five teeth
from the lower jaw-Dwiiag,op
Democrat.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20
Does it Pay +?

The London Standard in speaking
of "The Philosophy of Longevity
says:
TO make yourself miserable at 40
in the wretched ambition to add q
few worthless years to your score af-
ter you have turned 70 or 80 is sure
ly g. poor spirited sort of game. To
spend ones life feeling ones pulse,
looking at ones tongue, and asking
ones self if one is treating ones con-
stitution quite fairly, is not life at all.
1t is to live in q hospital, Or, at any
rate, an infrmary. Still, there are
some persons who are congenitally
cautious, congenitally cold, congen-
italy calm. 1t is their nature to take
things quietly, never to be in q hurry,
never to excite themselves. They ere
content to sit in an easy chair for so
many hours, read an agreeable book
for so many hours, drive in q carriage
for so many hours when the weather
is favorable, and after this manner to
regulate their exercise by clockwork.
They may live to 100, they may live
to 1000, but in truth they have not
lived at all. The man who really gets
the best that can be got OF life, is the
man who, with fairly good consti-
tuition to begin with, is ready to
squander at any moment and on ev-
cry occasion in q sufficient cause.
He keeps no account of profit and
loss with his vital energy: he sees
work to do, and he does it; he sees
pleasure to be enjoyed and he enjoys
it. He is alive all his life save when
be sleeps, and he awakes from each
fresh slumber looking the world cheer
fully and courageously In the face,
and ready, and even eager, to be
combatant when there is g. good,
honest fight, and q runner when there
is q good honorable race afoot. He
may not live to be 100, but he may
we'll live to be 70, IS, or even 80. He
may have q good career, il not SO
conspicuous, yet as active, as varied,
and as restless as that, say Of Mr.
Gladstone, and yet not be really old
when time registers him among the
aged. "Better fifty years of Europe
than q cycle of Cathay;' and twenty
years Of uncalculated activity than
the slow pulse and measured step OF
the circunlspect snail that creeps
surely on to 100. We are not de-
nouncing centenarians. They are like
angels visits, few and far between
and they are too rare not to be wei
coined. Moreover, we doubt not that
they deserve their length of years
But it would be misfortune if it was
ever thought an object OF life to live
very long. The object Of life is to live,
live generously, live bravely. As
Shakespeare says, "ripeness is ALL"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20

feathering process is to be carried on
at the same time, and feathers are
rich in nitrogen and demand much
nutritive material. Chickens can not
be made too fat if allowed plenty OF
exercise.
HAND pIows and cultivators are
handy labor saving implements for
garden use. With a cultivation one
can get over at least ten times as
much land as with hoe in O. given
time. Still those who buy hand cult
vators supposing that it is light,
pleasant work to run them will be dis
appointed. 1t is just about as hard
as any work the gardener is called upon
to do.
IT is curiou show little attention is
given to the cultivation of those gar
den crops that require very little care
and yet that are so much appreciated
when brought upon the table. Spin
ach is one of these crops. 1t is found
in but comparatively few gardens, and
yet is easily grown and is very relisha-
BILE. It might have been sown last au-
tumn, and If lightly mulched would
have been all right. 1t may be sown
in the spring as soon as the ground is
fit, and two weeks from the first SOW
ing there may be O. second. There are
two varieties. the prickly seeded and
the round, the latter being the best.
It requires but small bed to supply
q family with all the green's needed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20
A Quaint Old Tombstone
From the Baltimore Sun.

A correspondent of the Sun writes
from Stafford County, Va: "Within
a few miles OF the Potomac River,
nestled among the hills of Stafford
County stands quaint old church,
built in the early colonial times of
brick brought over from England. 1t
is known as "Cld Aqua Church" The
Federal armies camped around it, and
the hand OF q ruthless soldiery not
only was laid upon the venerable
building, but also desecrated the
graves Of the dead which lie in the
graveyard surrounding the church.
Many of the tombstones are exceed
ingly old, but having been so abused
and broken by the soldiers the names
and dates cannot be deciphered.
There is one, however, which attracted
the writer's attention and which is OF
interest ito Marylanders, and to the
SeWell family especially. The metal
plate containing the name and date
has been destroyed but lettered under
meath in the stone is the following in
scription: "She was the daughter OF
Lady Baltimore by Henry Sewell, Esq,
Secretary of Maryland. Her age,
thirty-fve years." This lady, no
doubt married Virginian, as in those
days there was much visiting between
the two shores; if not why were not
her remains laid among her kinfolk
over in Maryland? The early history
of Maryland most likely makes some
mention of the children of Lady Bal
timore by the aforementioned mar
riage. The Sewell family herein men
toned is probably the Sewell family
of the present day"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20
FARM AND HOME.
Always With Us.

When through morning arches golden
Glide the angels of the day,
Calling you to life all holden,
By the duties of your way,
Calls you love not to obey.
One, the Chief of all CONSIDERS,
To your heart doth softly say,
81 will make your stones ta1r cOlOrs,
Sapphires your foundations lay,
If you walk with me to-day.
In the noontime's heat and burden,
When you scarce have time to pray,
And the angels are unheard in
All the noise and disarray
Of your lifes machinery,
Unseen hands, beside you moving,
Smooth the tangled threads away,
And for deed or thought of loving
Which you give humanity
Threads of gold and silver lay.
When through the evenings Swallowed silence
| Steals the moon white spirit-ray,
| And the stars like golden islands
In q sea of changeless gray
Lie SO still and far away.
| One with gentle hand removeth
| Life and thought as mothers may
Playthings from the child she loyeth,
| While He holds you peacefully
In His sleeps sweet mystery.
| KENT DUNLAP.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20
THE BABY.
BY R. ]. BURDETTE.

The little tot ring baby feet,
With faltering steps and slow,
With pattering echoes soft and sweet
Into my heart they go.
They a. so go, in grimy plays,
In muddy pools AID dusty ways,
Then through the house in trackful maze
They wander to and fro.
The baby hands that clasp my neck
With touches dear to me,
Are the same hands that smash ana wreck
The inkstand foul to see;
They pound the mirror with q cane,
They rend the manuscript in twain,
Widespread destruction they oroaln
In wasteful jubilee.
The dreamy, murm' ring baby voice
That COOS it's little tune,
That makes my listening heart rejoice
Like birds in leafy June,
Can wake at midnight dark and still,
And all the air with bowling fill,
That splits the ear with echoes shrln,
Like comets out of tune.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20
REPOSE,
BY MARIE L. RITTER.

The dew drops lie cool in the heart of tie
grasSeS
The moonlight's soft fingers have siIvered
each limb.
The night wind, faint perfumed with sweets, as
IL passes.
Sings slowly to nature her lullaby hymn
The birds are at rest, tender, fond wings ar e
keeping
Safe guard DER their nestlings to shield them
from harm
The insects are silent, the fount has ceased weep
ing.
The roses scarce blush in the exquisite calm.
white, hazy mist stretches lovingly over
Its shadowy arms, the fair scene to inclose.
But nature is sleeping, she needs not her lover,
Subdued from all passion to perfect repose
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20
Somewhat Qualified Luck.
From Puck,

Miss Edith: "Why, mamma, here is
g. notice in the morning paper of the
complete failure of the Widows and Or
phans' Benefit Insurance Company !!
Wasn't that the company poor dear
Uncle James had his policy for our
benefit in ?" Mamma: eyes, my dear. +"
Edith: 'And it was only two days
ago you collected the amount in full 2"
Mamma: eyes, dear" Edith: Glow
very fortunate that poor, dear uncle
died-or, mean, how lucky that, that
-he-if he had lived q few days long
er, we-that is-welI, he always was
such g. considerate man."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20
He Fishes on Sundays.
II. Guy Carleton,

The saddest sight l know is that OF
the man In his prime, who left home
by the early train, full of hope and
applejack for quiet Sabbath, return.
ing in the purple twilight with 1910
worth of tackle and one four-inch fish.
He dare not look his fellow-man In
the eyes, and he is thoughtful and in
Prospective, goes across lots and con.
cocts an Ingenious anecdote about
losing a fish which would weigh seven
pounds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20
Another Lost Opportunity.
From the Omaha World.

Omaha youth (reading) Alfred
Sully, the New York railroad king,
has given his niece, just graduated at
Carlisle, Pa, a check for $4,000.
Omaha girl-How mean!
"Mean?"
eyes. Why didn't he give it to her
before?"
"What good would that have done
her while she was at school?"
"Good! Just think what a lovely
graduation dress $50, 900 would have
bought"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20
Absorption of Nitrogen.

Soils were placed in vessels of glazed
earthenware, and in some cases were
protected, in others exposed to air
and rain, the rainwater being collected
and analysed, and the amount OF am
monia and nitric acid in the air being
also determined. The results show
that vegetable soils continually alb
sorb nitrogen from the air, even when
they are not supporting vegetation.
The amount absorbed in all cases is
very much greater than the quantity
of nitrogen existing as ammonia or
nitrogen oxides in the air or rain. In
fact, the rain moves from the soil in
the form of soluble nitrates consider
ably more nitrogen than it brings in
ammonia. At the same time the
amount of nitrogen absorbed is far
greater in the case of soil exposed to
rain than where soil is protected,
probably owing to the greater activ-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20

ity possessed by the nitrogen a5sorb-
ing organisms under the former condi-
tions. In the majority of cases no.
table proportion of the absorbed nj
trogen is converted into nitrates.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-07-20
Farm Notes.


CHICKENS are to be guarded against
hawks, owls, rats and skunks.
KEEP the young pigs in pasture in
the orchard; those for early market
should have meal slop daily.
DON'T use any parsnip seed unless it
be OF last years growth, as such seed
does not readily germinate.
IF q rat gets into q chicken coop it
will kill every chick if it can have time
to carry them off before being discov.
Grey.
No invariable rule can be laid down
for the raising of calves on skim milk,
and each feeder must make q rule for
each calf.
"DUsTY MILLER" makes g. beautiful
ornamental plant in the center of a
grass plat, but once rooted it spreads
in all directions.
Do not kill the mole until satisfied
whether he is an enamy or friend
Sometimes the mole destroys q large
number of cutworms and slugs.
THE demand is increasing through
out the country for windmills that
will not only pump water, but furnish
power for running various kinds Of
farm machinery.
FROM the report on pork-packing in
the United States, the pack for 1886.
81, it appears, amounted to 12,O83,
OLE hogs, against the pack of II ,2O3,
5O7 hogs in 1855.
DAMPNEss is bad for young chicks
Arrange their drinking vessels so that
they can not get into them, and dc
not allow them to run in the wet grass
or be out in storm.
AN acre of carrots can be made to
yield over 500 bushels, though the
labor would be quite an item in the
beginning. Turnips are grown in pref
erepce to carrots, because they germ
mate from the seed sooner and are
not so easily overrun with grass and
weeds; but the carrots are far more
valuable as food for all classes O
stock.
FRESH excrement from animals il
not always available fertility and not
infrequently is injurious to vegetation
with which it comes in contact. De
composing manure spread and plowec
under exerts some influence upon the
clods with which it is mixed, anC
whatever latent fertility it possesses
is made more available.
REMEMBER that you cannot over.
feed young chickens so long as the
supply is regular. Not only are tn,
flesh and bones to be formed, but the
The times., 1887-10-28

II the elephant may get angry, 20 ma.
the ant. Central African Proverb.
The times., 1887-10-28

Rosas, for many years dictator of the
Argentine states, was a capricious tyrant,
who turned the republic into slaughter
shed. He once invited q number of In
dian chiefs to neet him in council al
Buenos Ayres. After parading them will,
mock honors through the streets of the
city, lie had them brought under the
portico of the cathedral, where number
of gibbets stood ready. In moment the
chiefs were seized, bound and run up,
and their bodies were left dangling in the
air.
He once played an ape like trick on the
British minister, Mr.. Vaudeville, whom
the tyrant feared and hated. One of the
favorite dishes of the people is maza-
mora, which is made from maize crushed
in mortar. Roses was expecting the
minister to visit him one evening at his
country house. AS the hour arrived
Manuelita, his beautiful daughter, acting
ON her fathers orders, stood ON the
veranda, pounding maize.
The Englishman, finding her thus en-
gagged in menial labor and showing signs
of fatigue, courteously offered to relieve
her. After family declining, she allowed
him to pound the maize, when suddenly
RoSas, who had been watching, appeared
on the veranda accompanied by train
of courtiers. His object had been tc
show to them the envoy of England en-
gagged in servile labor under the roof OF
the dictator. .-Youth's Companion.
The times., 1887-10-28
The Society Gossip business.

First Newspaper Proprietor-Yes, bust
ness has been pretty dull this summer.
Advertising has been awfully poor.
Second ditto-My dear sir, you should
go into the society gossip business. We
save hundreds of dollars every week in
composition, and our receipts are three
field what they ever were before"
81 don't understand"
Easiest thing in the world. We get
one of our men to go through the direc.
tory and pick out lot of names. Each
name is worked into paragraph. Every
man and every woman who sees his Oh
her name in the paper sends down ar
order for fifty or hundred papers to dis
tribute among friends. We eusc the same
matter every day for q week OF so. Peo
pie don't read the stuff, you know; they
only look for their names, and dowr
comes another order every day that @
name appears. tell you, sir, it is big
thing. Advertising is nothing to it,
Boston Transcript.
The times., 1887-10-28
GOLD LEAF SIGNS.

How the Secret of Making Gold Leaf
Stick to the Glass Was Discovered.
"The reason that so many gold leaf
signs on glass rub off, said painter as
he paused in putting some gold leaf on, q
sign, "is that people don't pay enough
for the work. If you look at the gold
leaf above the door of the Merchants
National bank you will find it as good as
when it was put ON in 1878. The best
signs are those in the railroad windows i'm
Broadway. They were done by George
ii. Mccarthy, the most expert man in
the business. Those signs done right
along, without waiting for each portion
to thoroughly dry and harden, are al
ways poorly DONE"
''How is the work done on glass?''
''The glass is first moistened with a
size made of isinglass dissolved in hot
water. The gold leaf sticks to that. Let
ters are then perfectly formed on the
back OF the gold in varnish. When the
varnish is dry we wipe off the gold with
piece of wet cotton. Then it is shaded,
and then vanished again to preserve it.
Good work, which people get when they
pay for it, allows full time for each OF
these processes.
''Is there any secret about the size of
isinglass?"
There isn't now. 1t used to be a
very close secret. 1t was brought here
in 1850 by an Englishman named Hale.
He used to do up the signs in o style
that American painters couldn't touch.
They tried their best to discover the
secret of the size he used, but couldn't
catch him. Other Englishmen came
over, and they had all the good
gold leaf business to themselves. I
was working as an apprentice of 13
in 1856 for John Mccarthy. who had the
secret. Every time he wanted to mix
the size he would send me out to buy an
egg and to get piece of charcoal Then
he would send me up stairs. One day l
got the egg and charcoal and went up
stairs rs usual. l had hole in the floor
over the stove, and l went one eve on
him. He put the charcoal in the stove
and burned it. Then he cracked and
sucked the egg. Next he took out of his
pocket little paper and poured out of it
something white into the water. After l
had come down stairs and he had gone
found some white threads of something,
didn't know what. 1 concluded to 60
to the druggists where he bought it.
There I asked for twenty-five cents
worth of it, and told the clerk didn't
know the name.
:" 'Isinglass you mean, he said.
$50 he put it up, and mixed some
size. One day was working away MAX
ing some gold letters on glass myself, and
in comes Mccarthy. He looked at me
pretty sharp and said:
Where did you get that size?
"'Oh, got an egg and run the white
through piece Of charcoal to clarity it,
l replied.
'He didn't say another word. gave
away tho secret and practically ran the
Englishmen out, for the Americans can
work faster than they. New York
Evening Sun.
The times., 1887-10-28
How a Woman Reaches Conclusions

AoN u NOInan heuCnes CONCLUSIONS
In close connection with this more
delicate physical constitution of the
woman is the fact that her emotional
nature is more keen, her sensibility more
quick, her passions more violent, her in
stincts more imperious, and less submis-
sive to necessary limitations, than in the
man, This strongly rooted sensibility in
women is the cause of their characteristic
persistency in all matters that depend in
any considerable degree on sentiment.
1t is in vain to combat sentiment with
reasons. A woman of strong passion
and fine sensibility will hold by her in
stincts, and leave your arguments to
float, and in so doing may, in not few
cases, be right; but if the case is one in
which cool judgment, and not keen feel
ing, is to decide, she will probably be
wrong.
Arguments in such cases are stronger
with q man, because he is either natur-
ally less richly furnished with sentiment,
or has trained himself to keep his senti-
ment in subjection; but with the woman
it is omnipotent, as belonging radically
to the constitution of her nature. You
may bend the branches of tree, and
force them to grow, as we sometimes see,
contrary to nature, downwards; but if
you tug at the roots, you kill it.-Pro-
fessor j. Stuart Blachie in Cassell g
Magazine.
The times., 1887-10-28

War correspondence was often q Sc
rious task, being accomplished under
many difficulties. After any engage
ment, whether big or little, the CORE
spondents had the greatest trouble TO OBJ
tain correct information from the forces
that had taken part in it. During the
first year, and more, of the conflict,
many minor officers of the regular army
despised the volunteers. and few took
pains to conceal their feeling. They
seemed unwilling to give them any
credit, and the same injustice prevailed
10 certain degree among the volunteer
commands.
When we inquired, therefore, of o
brigade or division as to the part they
had taken in battle they would, il they
had participated at all, be likely to APP
propriate most of the credit to themselves.
Then questioning some other brigade or
division. they would declare the honors
OF the day belonged to them, and would
deny the truth of the previous report
specifically and emphatically. Thus, an
Ohio brigade would assume to have done
everything. and to have saved an Indi-
ana brigade from being cut to pieces;
"hho hh InulSiIli DIlSduc WOulu make
the same assumption for themselves, and
disparage the troops of the neighboring
state. The same was true Of Iowa and
Wisconsin, of Michigan and Minnesota
troops Each command had turned the
tide of strife, and covered itself with
glory, SO that there was very little left
for the remainder of the army to achieve
The West Pointers had no faith in the
volunteers, come from where they might
They not infrequently disputed their cour-
age; and when they did not, they pro-
claimed their incompetency. War was
an art, q science; how could novices be
expected to acquire it without study and
experience?
Regulars and volunteers corrected in
time this vicious habit. With their in
crease of military knowledge, they be.
came more intelligent and more tolerant:
they understood themselves and others
better. In truth, the first two years were
little else than a series of experiments:
they served as sort of training school
for learning the trade of war.-Junius
Henri Browne in Lippincott's.